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2011-12 Endowed Lectures

All Endowed Lectures are free and open to the public

The Jewish Community Endowment Fund Lecture
Ron Rosenbaum, American journalist and author
Bob Dylan's God Problem - And Ours
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30pm
Levinthal Hall-SHC
Co-sponsored by the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, the Department of Religious Studies and the Stanford Humanities Center

An exploration of the religious - and Jewish - dimensions of Bob Dylan's life and songs

The Stanford University Charles Michael Lecture
Edward Rothstein with Stephen Smith and Connie Wolf
Museums and the Remaking of Holocaust Memory
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:00pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Co-sponsored and presented by the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
(Free! Advanced reservations required: Call 415.292.1233 or Email Arts@jccsf.org)
How are newly constructed Holocaust museums, especially in Europe, shaping the memory and meaning of the Holocaust? New York Times Cultural Critic-At-Large Edward Rothstein joins USC Shoah Foundation Institute's Executive Director Stephen Smith for a conversation on the ways in which museums are shaping the historical perception and present-day relevance of the Holocaust. The event will be moderated by Connie Wolf, in-coming director of Stanford's Cantor Center for Visual Arts.

Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:00 noon
History Corner (bldg. 200) - Room 307
Edward Rothstein, New York Times Cultural Critic-At-Large
Identity Museums and the Jewish Question
Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

The Aaron Roland Endowed Lecture
Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Advanced Study
The Holy War in the Bible - and After
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:30pm
Levinthal Hall-SHC
Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Stanford Humanities Center

Reflection fromthe philospher Michael Walzer on the Holy War tradition in the Bible and later culture.

The Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture Series
Jeffrey Veidlinger, Professor of Jewish Studies and History, Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University in Bloomington
For the last decade, the speaker has been conducting a major ethnographic study of surviving shtetls in Eastern Europe, compiling some 900 hours of videotaped oral history, primarily in Yiddish, that will soon be made into a documentary. Each of these talks, sponsored by the Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture series, will speak to what this research reveals about the history of Russian and Yiddish speaking Jews.

Monday, May 7, 2012 5:15pm
World War II in the Soviet Shtetl: From the Shoah to Victory Dayl
Margaret Jacks Hall (bldg. 460) - Terrace Room (426)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:00pm
Jewish Life in the Soviet Shtet
History Corner (bldg. 200) - Room 307